diff --git a/arangod/Cluster/ClusterInfo.cpp b/arangod/Cluster/ClusterInfo.cpp
index aabfa2f25b..644b817191 100644
--- a/arangod/Cluster/ClusterInfo.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Cluster/ClusterInfo.cpp
@@ -2637,3 +2637,13 @@ std::shared_ptr<VPackBuilder> ClusterInfo::getCurrent() {
   READ_LOCKER(readLocker, _currentProt.lock);
   return _current;
 }
+
+
+std::unordered_map<ServerID, std::string> ClusterInfo::getServerAliases() {
+  READ_LOCKER(readLocker, _serversProt.lock);
+  std::unordered_map<std::string,std::string> ret;
+  for (const auto& i : _serverAliases) {
+    ret.emplace(i.second,i.first);
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/arangod/Cluster/ClusterInfo.h b/arangod/Cluster/ClusterInfo.h
index 0660db6011..ef8e33dc62 100644
--- a/arangod/Cluster/ClusterInfo.h
+++ b/arangod/Cluster/ClusterInfo.h
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ class ClusterInfo {
   std::vector<std::string> const& getFailedServers() { MUTEX_LOCKER(guard, _failedServersMutex); return _failedServers; }
   void setFailedServers(std::vector<std::string> const& failedServers) { MUTEX_LOCKER(guard, _failedServersMutex); _failedServers = failedServers; }
 
+  std::unordered_map<ServerID, std::string> getServerAliases();
+  
  private:
 
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/arangod/Cluster/v8-cluster.cpp b/arangod/Cluster/v8-cluster.cpp
index f8fe5d2617..8d3e40e59e 100644
--- a/arangod/Cluster/v8-cluster.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Cluster/v8-cluster.cpp
@@ -745,16 +745,24 @@ static void JS_GetCollectionInfoClusterInfo(
   result->Set(TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("shardKeys"), shardKeys);
 
   auto shardMap = ci->shardIds();
+  auto serverAliases = ClusterInfo::instance()->getServerAliases();
   v8::Handle<v8::Object> shardIds = v8::Object::New(isolate);
+  v8::Handle<v8::Object> shardShorts = v8::Object::New(isolate);
   for (auto const& p : *shardMap) {
     v8::Handle<v8::Array> list = v8::Array::New(isolate, (int)p.second.size());
+    v8::Handle<v8::Array> shorts = v8::Array::New(isolate, (int)p.second.size());
     uint32_t pos = 0;
     for (auto const& s : p.second) {
+      try{
+        shorts->Set(pos, TRI_V8_STD_STRING(serverAliases.at(s)));
+      } catch (...) {}
       list->Set(pos++, TRI_V8_STD_STRING(s));
     }
     shardIds->Set(TRI_V8_STD_STRING(p.first), list);
+    shardShorts->Set(TRI_V8_STD_STRING(p.first), shorts);
   }
   result->Set(TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("shards"), shardIds);
+  result->Set(TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("shardShorts"), shardShorts);
   VPackBuilder tmp;
   ci->getIndexesVPack(tmp, false);
   v8::Handle<v8::Value> indexes = TRI_VPackToV8(isolate, tmp.slice());
@@ -816,11 +824,18 @@ static void JS_GetCollectionInfoCurrentClusterInfo(
   auto servers = cic->servers(shardID);
   v8::Handle<v8::Array> list =
       v8::Array::New(isolate, static_cast<int>(servers.size()));
+  v8::Handle<v8::Array> shorts =
+      v8::Array::New(isolate, static_cast<int>(servers.size()));
+  auto serverAliases = ClusterInfo::instance()->getServerAliases();
   uint32_t pos = 0;
   for (auto const& s : servers) {
+    try {
+      shorts->Set(pos, TRI_V8_STD_STRING(serverAliases.at(s)));
+    } catch (...) {}
     list->Set(pos++, TRI_V8_STD_STRING(s));
   }
   result->Set(TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("servers"), list);
+  result->Set(TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("shorts"), shorts);
 
   TRI_V8_RETURN(result);
   TRI_V8_TRY_CATCH_END
diff --git a/js/server/modules/@arangodb/cluster.js b/js/server/modules/@arangodb/cluster.js
index 9c169e54ea..c5e15126b0 100644
--- a/js/server/modules/@arangodb/cluster.js
+++ b/js/server/modules/@arangodb/cluster.js
@@ -1772,9 +1772,9 @@ function shardDistribution () {
     for (var j = 0; j < shardNames.length; ++j) {
       collInfoCurrent[shardNames[j]] =
         global.ArangoClusterInfo.getCollectionInfoCurrent(
-          dbName, collName, shardNames[j]).servers;
+          dbName, collName, shardNames[j]).shorts;
     }
-    result[collName] = {Plan: format(collInfo.shards),
+    result[collName] = {Plan: format(collInfo.shardShorts),
     Current: format(collInfoCurrent)};
   }